The Brooklyn Nets made one of the more interesting decisions in the 2025 NBA Draft when they decided to take a record-breaking five players in the Draft. One of the players that Brooklyn selected, forward Danny Wolf, was the 27th overall pick in the Draft, but there are some who believe that the Nets may have gotten quite the player with the pick.

Wolf was among a host of players that received votes for the biggest steal of the 2025 Draft class, according to a survey conducted by ESPN’s Jeremy Woo of 20 anonymous NBA executives and scouts. The same survey found that the player most likely to be the biggest reach of the Draft was guard Egor Demin, who was taken by Brooklyn with the eighth overall pick in the event.

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Wolf, 21, is coming off a 2024-25 season at Michigan in which he lifted himself into first-round consideration after averaging 13.2 points, 9.7 rebounds, and 3.6 assists per game while shooting 49.7% from the field and 33.6% from three-point land. While it wasn’t certain whether there would be a team that would take Wolf with a first-round pick, part of the reason Brooklyn took the leap is because of Wolf’s versatility as a big man with ball-handling skills.

During Wolf’s first NBA action in the Las Vegas Summer League earlier this month, he didn’t necessarily light the event on fire as he showed some signs of where he needs improvement ahead of his first NBA season. However, he did averaged 10.0 points, 7.3 rebounds, and 2.7 assists per game while shooting 39.1% from the field and 40.0% from deep in three games played in the summer league.

Time will tell if Wolf can be as good in the NBA as he was in college with the way that he is able to create mismatches with his ability to handle the basketball with some flair along the way. Wolf is in the position of possibly seeing minutes at the power forward and/or center spot during his rookie season with the way that head coach Jordi Fernandez wants to have as many ball-handlers on the floor as possible. Wolf should have the chance to prove whether he’s a steal or not.

This article originally appeared on Nets Wire: Nets’ Danny Wolf receives votes for biggest steal in 2025 NBA Draft